Target substance extraction device allowing replacement of magnetic bar block
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an extraction device capable of extracting a target substance from a plurality of biological samples at the same time, and more particularly, to a target substance extraction device in which a magnetic stick block can be replaced according to the kind of a porous plate inserted into a cannula.
Background
Various methods for separating nucleic acids, proteins, etc. from biological samples have been developed, and precipitation, liquid phase extraction, electrophoresis, chromatography, etc. are commonly used. However, for easier operation, solid phase extraction has been developed.
The solid phase extraction method is a method using a solid having selectivity or using solid particles manufactured by attaching a ligand having high selectivity to a solid. The solid phase extraction method is based on the principle of first dissolving a biological sample in a solution to which target substances are selectively attached, attaching the target substances to solids, separating the solids from the solution, washing off residual substances on the solids to remove other impurities, and separating the desired target substances from the solids.
In the case of filling a column with solid particles or a column with a filter using a solid-phase extraction method, a solution slowly flows between micropores, and thus a lot of time is required to separate a target substance. To solve this problem, a centrifugal separation method may be used. However, this approach is difficult to automate. In the case of using a pressurizing or vacuum, there is a problem in that the result obtained from the samples is not uniform due to the difference in the flow rate of the solution between the samples when applied to a plurality of samples.
To solve this problem, a technique is employed in which fine magnetic particles having a large surface area are used to attach a target substance in a suspension solution, a magnetic field is applied to coagulate the magnetic particles to which the target substance is attached, and the solution is removed to separate the target substance (US 3,970,518 and US 3,985,649).
The method for separating a target substance using magnetic particles is largely divided into a target substance attaching step, a solution removing and washing step, and a target substance detaching step. The target substance attaching step is a method of uniformly suspending magnetic particles to agglomerate the magnetic particles, wherein the magnetic field is mainly used to agglomerate the magnetic particles. The magnetic field is generated by a permanent magnet or an electromagnet. Generally, unlike electromagnets, permanent magnets are capable of generating a strong magnetic field without thermal radiation. However, the magnetic flux of the permanent magnet cannot be switched, which is also different from the electromagnet. In this regard, the magnetic particle solution must be physically moved between the magnets to control the switching, and thus the permanent magnets are also inconvenient to automate.
The position where the magnetic particles agglomerate is changed by the position where the magnetic field is applied. The location of the magnetic particle agglomeration is critical for efficient removal of the solution and thus location-dependent techniques have been developed. Separation devices using magnetic particles have been developed for wide application in diagnostic test devices and nucleic acid extraction devices that mainly use antigen-antibody reactions. Pasteur Sanofi Diagnostics (U.S. Pat. No. 5,558,839) developed a method of agglomerating magnetic particles at the bottom of 96-well plates and then suspending the magnetic particles. However, this method has a problem in that the bottom magnetic particles are lost when the solution is completely removed. To solve this problem, a method of mounting a magnet, a rotary magnet or a container on the container side surface to suspend magnetic particles and then stopping the rotation of the magnet or container to coagulate the magnetic particles to the wall surface has been developed (WO 96/26011), and Hitachi developed a system capable of coagulation and suspension using a uniform magnetic field and an alternating magnetic field (US 5,770,461). This method is a method of agglomerating and cleaning magnetic particles by attaching the magnetic particles to the surface of a tube wall using a uniform magnetic field, and suspending the magnetic particles using an alternating magnetic field. Amersham International plc a system for shifting a donut magnet in a direction perpendicular to a container to switch magnetic fields has been developed (US 5,897,783). This is a method of annular agglomeration of magnetic particles on the inner wall of a tube. All of these methods are methods of agglomerating magnetic particles in a reaction vessel, removing the solution, pouring a new solution, and resuspending the magnetic particles.
In contrast to these methods, labsystems developed a method of moving magnetic particles in a reaction vessel containing a solution in which the magnetic particles were suspended and moving the magnetic particles again. The system includes a rod capable of moving up and down as a fishing rod and a rod box. A permanent magnet is mounted at the lower end of the rod and the rod box is made of plastic, which transmits magnetic force and seals the rod from contact with the solution (US 6,040,192). The operation is performed by introducing a rod box into a reaction solution in a state that a magnetic rod is pulled out of the rod box, suspending magnetic particles by the rod box moving up and down so as to react the magnetic particles, inserting the magnetic rod fully into the rod box, and agglomerating the magnetic particles on the surface of the magnetic rod box by the magnetic field action of the magnetic rod, thereby attaching a desired target substance to the magnetic particles. The magnetic particles with the target substance attached thereto may then be transferred to the next solution together with the magnetic rod and rod box. After the movement, the magnetic rod is pulled out of the rod box, the magnetic field is removed, and the rod box is moved up and down to suspend the agglomerated magnetic particles in the new solution. BIONEX an automatic nucleic acid extractor having the same operation scheme as above (korean registered patent No. 10-0483684) was developed. This is a method of attaching magnetic particles to a rod box in which various magnetic rods are inserted, and moving the magnetic particles into another solution so as to suspend the magnetic particles in the solution to extract nucleic acids in the same manner as described in the above-mentioned US'192 patent. However, the Labsystems and BIONEX techniques are used to process samples in a row, and therefore there are limitations to processing multiple samples. For this, core Bio System has developed a technology for processing a plurality of samples, such as samples contained in 96-well plates, using magnetic rods arranged in a two-dimensional array manner in an automatic extraction apparatus (korean patent No. 10-0720044).
However, the magnetic rods are made into a plate shape including 96 magnetic rods arranged in a two-dimensional array to accommodate the 96-well plate kit, and thus there is a problem in that the 96-well plate must always be used regardless of the number of biological samples and the amount of target substances to be extracted.
In the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problems, a device configured to selectively use various multi-well plates, i.e., a cannula for dispensing samples, according to the number of biological samples and the amount of target substances to be extracted in the case of extracting the target substances from a plurality of samples at the same time has been developed. For this purpose, a method of changing the bar magnet blocks to adjust the number of bar magnets to be suitable for the number of sleeve holes has been developed, so that it is possible to efficiently extract a target substance using a single apparatus according to the number of biological samples and the amount of the target substance to be extracted.
Disclosure of Invention
[ Problem ]
The object of the present invention is to provide a target substance extraction device configured to select a porous plate suitable for the purpose of use for replacement, and to install a plurality of porous plates having different numbers of holes to extract a target substance.
[ Technical solution ]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a target substance extraction device comprising a bar magnet block replacement unit (100), including:
A bar magnet block (110) having a bar magnet (111), the bar magnet (111) being configured to be introduced into each well of a multi-well plate to operate;
a bar magnet block holder (120) configured to allow the bar magnet block (110) to be placed thereon, and a bar magnet block holder (120)
A fixing member (130) configured to fix the bar magnet block (110) to the bar magnet block holder (120).
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a target substance extraction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an explanatory view of an installation method of the magnetic bar block replacement unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bar magnet block 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a bar magnet cover block 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is an explanatory view of an installation method of the magnetic bar block exchanging unit 100 adapted to the 96-well plate (a) or the 24-well plate (B) according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a sleeve 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
[ Best mode ] for carrying out the invention
The present invention proposes a method for extracting a target substance using a target substance extraction device that does not consider the kind of a multi-well plate to which a biological sample is dispensed or the kind of a cannula to which the multi-well plate is attached. As a means, the present invention proposes a target substance extraction device configured to facilitate selection of a porous plate suitable for the purpose of use for replacement, and to install a plurality of porous plates having different numbers of holes for extraction of a target substance, and to select a bar magnet block having a bar magnet introduced into each hole of the porous plate for operation for replacement and installation accordingly. The object substance extraction device of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of porous plates and a plurality of bar magnet blocks having bar magnets suitable for the plurality of porous plates are provided together, whereby it is possible to appropriately select and apply one porous plate for one apparatus according to the number of samples to be extracted or the amount of object substance to be extracted.
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a target substance extraction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the target substance extracting apparatus includes a bar magnet block replacing unit 100 and a sleeve mounting unit 200.
In the present invention, the bar magnet block replacement unit 100 includes a bar magnet block (110) having a bar magnet (111), the bar magnet (111) being configured to be introduced into each hole of a porous plate to be operated, a bar magnet block holder (120) configured to allow the bar magnet block (110) to be placed thereon, and a fixing member (130) configured to fix the bar magnet block (110) to the bar magnet block holder (120).
In the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the bar magnet replacing unit 100 may be prepared by fixing the bar magnet 110 to the bar magnet holder 120 using the fixing member 130. However, as another embodiment, the bar magnet 110 may be fixed to the bar magnet holder 120 by a male-female coupling type.
In the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the bar magnet block 110 is configured in a shape in which a plurality of bar magnets are connected to the lower surface of the plate. The present invention is characterized in that the number of magnetic strips is equal to the number of wells formed in a multi-well plate containing a sample to be extracted using the magnetic stick block 110.
The bar magnet block 110 may exist in various forms having different numbers of bars magnet so as to be exchangeable according to the kind of porous plate inserted in the sleeve installed in the single target substance extracting apparatus installed together. For example, three bar magnet blocks each having 32 bars connected thereto may be connected to each other so as to be suitable for a 96-well plate, two bar magnet blocks each having 32 bars connected thereto may be provided for a 64-well plate, one bar magnet block having the above configuration may be provided for a 32-well plate, three bar magnet blocks each having 8 bars connected thereto may be provided for a 24-well plate, two bar magnet blocks each having 8 bars connected thereto may be provided for a 16-well plate, or bar magnet blocks having 8 bars may be prepared so that the bar magnet blocks may be replaced and used according to the kind of plate used. However, the present invention is not limited to one way of connecting the bar magnets.
Meanwhile, as shown in fig. 4, the bar magnet block replacement unit 100 may further include a bar magnet cover block 140 fastened to the outside of the bar magnet 111 of the bar magnet block 110 to prevent the bar magnet 111 from being contaminated.
In the present invention, the bar magnet covering block 140 being fastened to the outside of the bar magnet 111 of the bar magnet block 110 means that the bar magnet covering block 140 is fixed around the entire or a part of the surface of each bar magnet 111 of the bar magnet block 110 to prevent the bar magnet 111 of the bar magnet block 110 from being contaminated by contacting the sample. In the present invention, the bar magnet cover block 140 is preferably manufactured to be disposable and may be made of various materials suitable for disposal, such as plastic.
In one aspect of the present invention, the present invention is characterized in that the bar magnet cover 140 is fixed to the bar magnet cover holder 150, wherein the bar magnet cover 140 and the bar magnet cover holder 150 are fixed to each other by male-female coupling with each other, or wherein the bar magnet cover 140 is fixed to the bar magnet cover holder 150 using a fixing member 130'. In another aspect of the present invention, the present invention is characterized in that the bar magnet covering block 140 is fixed to the bar magnet block holder 120 so as to be used for fixing the bar magnet block 110, wherein the bar magnet covering block 140 is fixed to the bar magnet block holder 120 by using the fixing member 130' instead of the fixing member 130 so as to be used for fixing the bar magnet block 110 to the bar magnet block holder 120 (fig. 5).
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the bar magnet blocks 110 and the bar magnet cover blocks 140, which are mounted to the bar magnet block holder 120 or the bar magnet cover block holder 150, are detachable, and are replaced with the bar magnet blocks 110 to which different numbers of bar magnets are connected and the bar magnet cover blocks 140 to which different numbers of bar magnet covers are connected according to purposes.
Meanwhile, the present invention is characterized in that the cannula mounting unit 200 is configured such that a plurality of cannulas (210) each of which is insertable into a porous plate are stacked one on top of another, wherein each cannula (210) is mounted to the cannula transfer tray (220).
The multi-well plate may be a 96-well plate, a 64-well plate, a 32-well plate, a 24-well plate, a 16-well plate, or an 8-well plate, and may be appropriately selected and used according to the number of samples to be extracted or the amount of a target substance to be extracted. In another aspect of the present invention, each of the sleeves 210 may be made in the form of a perforated plate so as to stack the sleeves up and down in a manner mounted on the sleeve transfer tray 220 without inserting a separate perforated plate.
The present invention is characterized in that the bar magnet block 110 and the bar magnet cover block 140 each have the same number of bar magnets as the number of holes of the installed porous plate.
The present invention is characterized in that the fixing means 130 or 130' (means for fixing the bar magnet block 110 or the bar magnet cover block 140 to the bar magnet block holder 120 or the bar magnet cover block holder 150, respectively) is a fastening means such as a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, a vacuum suction means, a clamp, a bolt, a pin, a snap ring, a ball plunger, or a combination thereof. In the case of using the above-described members, the fixing means used in the present invention may be prepared so as to fix the bar magnet 110 or the bar magnet covering block 140 to the bar magnet block holder 120 or the bar magnet covering block holder 150, or to detach the bar magnet 110 or the bar magnet covering block 140 from the bar magnet block holder 120 or the bar magnet covering block holder 150 without using a separate tool or device. The present invention is characterized in that the coupling between the bar magnet 110 or the bar magnet cover 140 and the bar magnet support 120 or the bar magnet cover support 150 is performed using the fixing member 130 or 130' at the correct positions thereof so as to fix the bar magnet 110 or the bar magnet cover 140 to the bar magnet support 120 or the bar magnet cover support 150 at the correct positions thereof, respectively, without any change in the fixing positions thereof.
The invention is characterized in that the target substance is a nucleic acid. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Any substance (including protein) that can be extracted using magnetic particles and magnetic rods is applicable, without limitation.
Description of the reference numerals
100 Magnetic bar block replacing unit
110 Magnetic bar block
111 Magnetic rod
120 Magnetic bar block support
130,130': Fixed parts
140 Magnetic bar covering block
150 Magnetic bar covering block support
200 Casing pipe mounting unit
210 Casing pipe
211 Perforated plate
220 Sleeve transfer tray
While specific configurations of the invention have been described in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the preferred embodiments are presented in the specification for purposes of illustration and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the invention should be determined by the following claims and their equivalents.
[ Industrial availability ]
In the case of using the target substance extraction device of the present invention, a porous plate suitable for the purpose of use, particularly various porous plates having different numbers of holes, is installed in the sleeve of the device, and a bar magnet block having a bar magnet adapted thereto is selected and installed, whereby it is possible to selectively use various porous plates for one piece of equipment according to the number of samples of the target substance to be extracted or the amount of the target substance to be extracted.